DODGING BULLETS
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HOWTO CREATE PRESENTATIONS WITHOUT BULLET POINTS
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YOUR PRESENTATION BLEEDS
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BULLET POINTS ARE BAD PRACTICE
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• your audience reads your slide before you
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• people tend to put a lot of text in each
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• bullet points are not inspiring and boring
• each line looks the same - hard to
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BULLET POINTS ARE BAD PRACTICE
SEE THE DIFFERENCE?
3 TIPS
for dodging bullet points
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TIP #1
prefer dedicated slides

over bullet points
TIP #1
prefer dedicated slides

over bullet points
in this slide-deck each tip is on a different slide
TIP #2
favour icons over text
TIP #2
favour icons over text
helps your audience remember the message
TIP #3
try different visual layouts
TIP #3
try different visual layouts
captures the attention of the audience
PHOTOS WORK AS WELL
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PLAY WITH DIFFERENT VISUALS
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
DON’T LET YOUR
SLIDES BLEED!
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the noun project
glasses by Marco Papa
text by Oriol Carbonell
glasses by chiccabubble
sleep by by Matt Brooks
CREDITS
fonts
Gill Sans
DIN Condensed
WC-rhesus by Dingbat - http://www.fontsquirrel.com/license/WC-Rhesus-Bta
photos
Project 365 #72: 130309 Slip Slidin' Away by Pete - https://flic.kr/p/67eeRo
Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 +Yashica ML 50mm f1.9 by AVahanvati - https://flic.kr/p/fQc35y
Glasses collection 1 by Jase Lam - https://flic.kr/p/4DtFz7
chat by Martin Chapman Fromm
earth by Liane Kirschner
team by Creative Stall
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